Appellate Practice
Jun. 12, 2004
Justices Strike Sentence of Drug Defendant
RIVERSIDE - A state appellate court has struck a drug defendant's sentence, saying the judge in the case engaged in "illegal plea bargaining" by inappropriately pointing to Riverside County's crowded courts as the reason for offering a lower term to keep the case from going to trial.
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